IPL 2024: Hyderabad beats Mumbai by 31 runs in six-hitting run fest

Hyderabad (Uttam Hindu News): Local player Tilak Verma scored a brilliant 64 runs in 34 balls in the IPL 2024 match played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Wednesday, but his efforts went in vain as Sunrisers Hyderabad registered a stunning 31-run win over Mumbai Indians. After brilliant half-centuries from Heinrich Klaasen, Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head, SRH surprisingly scored 277/3, the highest ever score in the history of the competition, thanks to the heroics of Mumbai Indians team Tilak and other batsmen. Wanted to chase.

But SRH bowlers restricted Mumbai Indians to 246/5 ​​by not providing any pace and keeping the scoring rate in check in the middle overs. This is MI’s second defeat in a game where several records were broken in front of 35,080 fans. Questions will also be asked about their poor bowling and the changes made to the line-up, as well as captain Hardik Pandya’s performance and decision-making. .

Chasing the mammoth target of 278 runs, Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan remained out of reach from the very beginning. Rohit hit two leg-side sixes off Unadkat in the second over, while Kishan hit a four and three sixes off Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the third over, taking Mumbai Indians to 50/0.

Shahbaz Ahmed slog-swept Kishan to deep midwicket on his second ball in the fourth over and was out after scoring 34 runs in 13 balls. Naman Dheer and Tilak Verma started hitting consecutive sixes off the Hyderabad bowlers to keep MI chasing the big target. In the tenth over, Tilak scooped, switch-hit and hit three sixes off Shahbaz, then completed his half-century in 24 balls by hitting a four off Jaydev Unadkat through extra cover.

The partnership of 84 runs in 37 balls for the third wicket ended when Dheer slashed Unadkat’s ball straight to extra cover. After this, Tilak and Hardik Pandya hit three fours, but Tilak was dodged by the slow ball of Cummins and was caught out at long-on.

Mumbai Indians played 20 balls without any boundary, before Tim David hit a flick, slash and a four and two sixes off Bhuvneshwar. David hit a six and a four off Unadkat’s ball. Impact player Romario Shepherd hit a six and two fours in the final over, but it was not enough to deny Hyderabad a win in an absolute run-fest of that match.

Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 277/3 in 20 overs (Henrik Klaasen 80 not out, Abhishek Sharma 63, Piyush Chawla 1-34, Hardik Pandya 1-46) beat Mumbai Indians 246/5 ​​in 20 overs (Tilak Verma 64, Tim David ) 42 not out, Pat Cummins 2-35, Jaydev Unadkat 2-47) lost by 31 runs.